Exam 28: The Romantic Hero

In America,________,champion of the abolitionist movement,serves today as a prime example of Promethean defiance of authority and defense of human liberty.

Which of the following would be considered a Gothic novel?

In Bizet's Carmen (1875),what does the lead character do for a living?

Examine the concept of the heroic personality as manifested in the fictional figures of Prometheus,Frankenstein,and Faust.

Write a brief essay on the extraordinary career of Napoleon and his influence on the art world of his day.

Which of the following was the final exile location for Napoleon I?

The most famous antislavery novel in America was which of the following?

The most important antebellum musical contribution of America's population was which of the following?

________,the literary figure symbolizing the quest to exceed the limits of knowledge and power,became the quintessential figure for Romantic writers,painters,and composers.

Explain the role and influence of nationalism on nineteenth-century culture.

The beginning of Faust is a scene in which God is making a wager with which of the following?

________,a Greek deity who selflessly imparted wisdom to humanity,influenced the Romantics as a symbol of heroic freedom.

The defeat of Napoleon's second army happened at which of the following locations?

List as many nineteenth-century Romantic stereotypes of the female as you can remember.

________ remarkable career became a model for heroic action propelled by an unbounded imagination and ambition.

________ envisioned his legendary character as a symbol of the ever-striving human will to master all forms of experience,at the risk of imperiling his eternal soul.

The romantic opera Tristan and Isolde was written in 1859 by which of the following?

The act of exalting the sovereign state above all else is called which of the following?

For nineteenth-century Romantics,________ was an expression of the expansive subjectivity of the individual.

Discuss the significance of historical heroes (such as Napoleon and Douglass)in nineteenth-century culture.